According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country’s broadband penetration was 40.91 per cent in February 2022. TechEconomy.ng’s calculations show a 1.15% decline in broadband penetration when compared to February 2021 when the country reported 42.06%. Also, NCC’s statistics show the broadband penetration slowed by 0.7% as against 41.61% […]
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The UNESCO and the African ICT Foundation is set to host the West-Africa Internet Governance Forum 2022 with a titled build around the UNESCO ROAM-X framework for understanding and improving digital governance. The Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators framework consists of a set of 303 indicators including 109 core ones that […]
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) is collaborating with the Nigeria Digital Identification For Development Project (ID4D) in proactively strategizing ways to develop initiatives that will boost the country’s economy as part of its efforts to make data privacy a cornerstone of a sustainable digital economy in the country. The […]
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has kickstarted efforts in the full implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) of the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR under the supervisory Ministry of Communications and Digital Technology by collaborating with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have stated their intention to collaborate in order to further the achievement of lofty national targets for universal broadband connectivity in support of Nigeria’s digital transformation program. This corresponds with and unambiguously expresses the NCC’s strategic vision plan, which focuses […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wishes to officially inform telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders. This information has […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is forging more partnerships and initiating different developmental programmes and projects geared towards achieving the stated target. As one of the key implementers of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) for a Digital Nigeria, coupled with an ambitious target of achieving […]
Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded fresh research grants and endowed professorial chairs in some Nigerian universities in the sum of N233 million. From the […]
Subscribers Are Urged To Get A NIN And Link It To Their SIM Cards At Any Of The Approved Locations. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has confirmed that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued formal directives prohibiting outgoing calls on subscriber lines that do not […]
…Equips Previous Scholarship Graduates MTN Foundation has awarded 360 undergraduate scholarships throughout 11 states in Nigeria’s South-South and South-East geopolitical zones. The foundation is a subsidiary of MTN Group Limited, a mobile telecommunications behemoth. Dennis Okoro, the Foundation’s Director, revealed the scholarships at an award ceremony held by the foundation […]